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Kyle Crockett’s first call-up to the Cleveland Indians on May 16 had that once-in-a-lifetime feeling of joy repeated dozens of times a season at minor-league baseball parks, but which never gets old. As he prepared to step onto the bus for a trip to Erie, Pa., with his teammates on the Class Double-A Akron RubberDucks, his manager, Dave Wallace, called Crockett into his office and told him he was “going up.” Crockett thought for a moment he was headed to Triple-A Columbus before Wallace said, “You’re going to be a major-league pitcher.” Crockett immediately started crying — almost all of them do — then called his dad, Gary, and mom,...

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Kyle Crockett’s first call-up to the Cleveland Indians on May 16 had that once-in-a-lifetime feeling of joy repeated dozens of times a season at minor-league baseball parks, but which never gets old.As he prepared to step onto the bus for a trip to...

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- The ACC and Newport News-based Atlantic 10 Conference are negotiating a deal that would take the ACC basketball tournament to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 2017 and ’18 and create a series of regular-season doubleheaders...

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Each May, ACC officials convene for the conference’s spring meetings. Substantive issues are debated, enduring decisions made. But the event is also an opportunity to exhale, enjoy a beverage of choice and bask in the accommodations of the Ritz-Carlton in...

The last year has been the most stabilizing and fortyifying in ACC history. Also the most turbulent. From the additions of Notre Dame and Louisville to the loss of Maryland. From the renewal of contracts with ESPN to the Orange Bowl partnership with the...

Orlando was the ACC football champion's bowl home from 1987-91. More recently, the city has hosted an ACC team for the last 12 postseasons.
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NEW YORK — This was the ACC like we've never seen. Lobster-on-crostini hors d'oeuvres and piped-in-jazz overlooking Times Square rather than barbecue, hush puppies and Kenny Chesney out yonder. An aggressive, confident marketing campaign instead of the...

Since its 1954 inception, the ACC basketball tournament has never strayed outside North Carolina in consecutive seasons. But the lure of New York could change that, Commissioner John Swofford said during a wide-ranging interview Monday.
Relaxed as we...

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If you're the kind of person who likes to say "I met him before he was a big league star," Saturday might a last chance to do so with Mark Montgomery. He'll be at the I Am Champion Agility Endurance Performance Training Center in Poquoson to...

Morgan State coach Donald Hill-Eley stood outside his team's locker room late Saturday afternoon wearing the look of a frustrated coach, and it was easy to understand why.
The Bears moved the ball well and often played good defense in their season...

THE COACHDONOVAN ROSE(18-15 in 3 years, all at Hampton)Give the man this: He is honest and forthcoming to a fault. He takes responsibility for the program's APR difficulties and postseason ban, and he said that he has a plan to rectify it. Toward that...

Less than two years before Mike Whan took over the LPGA Tour, Annika Sorenstam retired. Less than six months into his tenure, Lorena Ochoa followed suit.Losing such icons — Sorenstam is arguably the greatest female golfer of all-time, and Ochoa is as...

Notre Dame and the ACC didn’t need one another 10 years ago, five years ago or even six months ago. But after an historic, seismic and downright bizarre spring and summer, they do now.Their partnership, announced Wednesday, is imperfect. But as Fighting...

Charley Winner doesn't take old age lying down. At 90, the former Baltimore Colts coach plays tennis five times a week, for 90 minutes a day.
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Buck Showalter does not believe he's changed. Let's get that out of the way right off.
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Chris Tillman shies away from talking about his accomplishments this season because he doesn't want to give the inclination that he's satisfied with the steps he has taken.
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DETROIT — Since the moment right-hander Bud Norris joined the Orioles in a trade last July, he has talked about pitching in the playoffs.
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When the Toronto Blue Jays overtook the New York Yankees for second place earlier this week and then won their game Wednesday night, the Blue Jays guaranteed that the Orioles couldn't capture the American League East crown until Monday at the earliest.
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Paul Konerko had many great memories in a White Sox uniform, and another famous one wearing street clothes during the victory parade in 2005.
As the Sox great's career is winding down to a Sept. 28 finale, here's a compilation of Konerko's Top 10...